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Lagos probes Indian school where Nigerians are denied admission
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Anti-graft war turns Nollywood drama as EFCC goes after Yahaya Bello
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Lagos Indian school where Nigerians are denied admission
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Diri trades tackles with opposition over Bayelsa LG poll
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Palliative measures failed to stop annual Ogun community flooding —Minister
Political chess: Wike, Fubara resume Rivers supremacy battle
DENNIS NAKU reports on the latest power struggle between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over the political control of the sta...
29th April 2024
Lagos probes Indian school where Nigerians are denied admission
Following reports of Nigerians being barred from Indian Language School in Lagos, Nigerians have expressed outrage with the government ordering the ministry of education to commence a probe, GBENGA OL...
25th April 2024
Anti-graft war turns Nollywood drama as EFCC goes after Yahaya Bello
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole writes on ex-Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s street altercation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives and how it has divided Nigerians In the past fe...
24th April 2024
Lagos Indian school where Nigerians are denied admission
Gbenga Oloniniran writes about the discrimination experienced by some Nigerians on the premises of foreign businesses where they are met with restrictions despite being in Nigeria On Sunday, Nigerians...
23rd April 2024
Diri trades tackles with opposition over Bayelsa LG poll
Allegation of predetermined outcome taints the just-conducted Bayelsa State Local Government Area election as the opposition party boycotts the process, writes DANIELS IGONI IN Nigeria, the local gove...
22nd April 2024
Palliative measures failed to stop annual Ogun community flooding —Minister
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Salako, in this interview with SODIQ OJUROUNGBE, speaks on the government’s commitment to tackling environmental challenges, including the devastating...
18th April 2024
Abduction of pupils now a trend – Founding member, BBOG
During interviews on NewsNight, an Arise TV programme, monitored by UTHMAN SALAMI, a founding member of the Bring Back Our Girls, Dr Emmanuel Shehu and the Director of Media and Communications of the ...
15th April 2024
Tech-aided assessment: Tracker app empowers Nigerians to monitor ministers’ performances
Following the promise to evaluate ministers based on their performance indicators and carry along citizens in its programmes, the Federal Government, on Monday, launched the Citizens’ Delivery Track...
11th April 2024
Student loan: States must provide counterpart funding, says Osun varsity ex-DVC
Former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof Anthony Kola-Olusanya, in this interview with GRACE EDEMA, says the Student Loan Scheme should be extended to private school students as we...
10th April 2024
FG tackles mounting electricity debt, hikes tariff for Band A
Despite the hues and cries of Nigerians who are still battling with the aftermath of the petrol subsidy removal, the Federal Government last week removed the subsidy on electricity being consumed by c...
9th April 2024
Forced friendship: Wike, Fubara square up again as Villa’s peace deal crumbles
DENNIS NAKU writes on the events leading to the political crisis in Rivers State, the breakdown of the peace pact brokered by President Bola Tinubu, and another round of showdown in the state IT is no...
8th April 2024
Dogs can understand various languages – Trainer who trains dogs in Yoruba
In this interview with SAMUEL BOLAJI, a Kwara State-based dog trainer, Are Oloruntoba, shares his motivation for choosing to train dogs in the Yoruba language, saying dogs comprehend any language What...
5th April 2024
Cautious optimism among manufacturers as Dangote begins diesel sale
As diesel from the Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Plant hit the market, Nigerians have witnessed an appreciable reduction in the price of the petroleum product, which is a major source of ener...
4th April 2024
Theatre: Practitioners lament dwindling fortunes, remember Ulli Beier, others
Unlike what operated in the 1960s and 1970s, theatre practitioners observe that the art has nose-dived in Osun, a state that has produced many icons in the industry, Bola Bamigbola writes Perhaps, apa...
3rd April 2024
Presidential nod: Ondo APC gov aspirants besiege Abuja for Tinubu’s endorsement
Peter Dada writes that ahead of the April 20 governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, aspirants have intensified visits to Abuja for a presidential endorsement that may not come before t...
2nd April 2024
Civil service: Slumbering sector awaits reforms as workers celebrate May Day
While the public often associates corruption with politicians or elected officials, STEPHEN ANGBULU writes that the extent of corruption in the Nigerian civil service system is grossly underestimated ...
1st April 2024
Benue APC falls apart as Akume, Alia power tussle worsens
In this piece, JOHN CHARLES examines the intrigues surrounding the internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress in Benue State Last week, the Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia...
1st April 2024
Media stakeholders, experts kick as journalists’ abductions, intimidation linger
Gbenga Oloniniran writes about the shrinking media space caused by increasing harassment and intimidation of the press and journalists by state authorities The press is considered a major pillar of de...
29th March 2024
We will hunt killers down, vows defence chief as families mourn
•Army says slain soldiers left behind 21 children, 10 widows As the army vows to hunt down assailants of 17 soldiers killed in Delta, mourning families left behind by the fallen heroes have also dem...
28th March 2024
Hungry Nigerians reap untimely death seeking ways out of economic hardship
GBENGA OLONINIRAN writes about the fate of Nigerians who in the bid to escape the biting economic conditions, fall victim to tragedies that strike at palliative distribution centres As the economic ha...
27th March 2024
Minimum wage: Labour pushes April date, govs warn against bloated demand
As the National Minimum Wage Committee meets next week, organised Labour is insisting that the implementation of the new wage must start next month, Okechukwu Nnodim, Gift Habib, and Abdulrahman Zak...
22nd March 2024
Atiku should allow PDP to breathe fresh air – President, political scientists
A professor at the University of Ilorin and President of the Nigerian Political Science Association, Hassan Saliu, in this interview with ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU, explains how the country can ensure cre...
21st March 2024
Stopping early marriage will boost girl-child education –MD, Bridge Academies
Managing Director, Bridge International Academies, Nigeria, Foyinsola Akinjayeju, in this interview with GRACE EDEMA, speaks about the challenges of bringing out-of-school children back to school and ...
20th March 2024
ECOWAS searches for fresh unity as Niger, others attempt sub-regional bloc
With the ECOWAS lifting economic and travel sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger, STEPHEN ANGBULU examines the long-term implications for the sub-region and Africa and if this is ...
19th March 2024
Women in public life: Nigeria lagging behind, says Deputy British High Commissioner
In commemoration of the 2024 International Women’s Day, the Deputy British High Commissioner, Mrs Gill Lever, and the Development Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ms Cynthia Rowe, speak wi...
18th March 2024
Wigwes’ burial: As families, friends grieve, Akpabio, Fubara banter, seek political gains
EDIDIONG IKPOTO writes on how the burial ceremony of former Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe, was hijacked and turned into an arena of a political squabble On Saturday, March 9, 2024, the immediate-...
15th March 2024
Ondo poll: Supporters shift ground as Aiyedatiwa, others begin battle
PETER DADA writes that ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, supporters of the deceased former Governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu, are divided Recently, social media was awash with the s...
14th March 2024
Fear in Lagos community as abandoned building transforms into hoodlums’ hideout
VICTOR AYENI writes that the activities of suspected criminals in an abandoned building around Tokunbo Kelani Street, in Igando, Lagos, are heightening fear among residents of the area The residents o...
13th March 2024
Illegal organ harvesting giving Nigeria bad name – Nephrologists association
The President of the Nigerian Association of Nephrology and the Transplant Association of Nigeria, Prof Jacob Awobusiyi, says the trade in human organs is tarnishing the country’s reputation in the ...
12th March 2024
Fears over food transportation as hoodlums attack trucks
Dayo Oyewo writes on the significant rise in the cost of food prices and the recurrence of looting of foodstuffs amid Nigeria’s economic woes The soaring prices of food items occasioned by the preva...
11th March 2024
Minimum wage: Workers differ, govs want revenue sharing reviewed
Governors have demanded a review of the revenue allocation formula to enable them to implement the proposed national minimum wage. Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Caleb Mutfw...
8th March 2024
